Dumping end-gate.



' .PATENTED MAR. 31,- 1903 H. BOYD. DUMPING END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 23, 1002.

30 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

HUGH BOYD, OF DOWNEY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT 'VV. SMITH, OF

DOIVNEY, IOIVA.

DUMPING END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,815, dated March31, 1903. Application filed August 23, 1902. Serial No. 120.818. (N0model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HUGH BOYD, a citizen of the United States, residingat Downey, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented a newand useful Dumping End- Gate, of which the followingis'a specification.

My invention consists in an improved endgate for wagons, and isespecially adapted for use in grain-wagons.

The object of my invention is to produce a gate which will facilitateboth loading and unloading, which will prevent grain or the like fromfalling from the rear of the wagon during the operation of loading, andwhich can be easily raised and lowered.

Another object of my improvement is to produce an end-gate which willserve as an extension of the wagon-bed, thus permitting the wagon to bebacked nearer to a bin or other receptacle from which grain is beingtaken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rearend of a wagon with my improved end-gate in position. Fig. 1 is anenlarged detail view hereinafter explained. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewshowing a section of my gate raised for unloading. Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the gate in position for loading. are detailviews. Fig. 6 is a detailof aholding-plate.

In the construction of my improvement I attach to the body A of a wagonor cart a bracket A, having at'its rear end a perforated lug A one ofthe brackets being placed adjacent each upper rear corner of thewagonbed, and below each bracket is a turn-button A which is shown indetail in Fig. 6.

The end-gate proper consists of a frame having the side pieces B and thecross-pieces B, B and B and lengthwise of this frame are the boards Bf BAcross the upper ends of the boards 13 extends the cross-piece B, whichis hinged at B to the cross-piece B The cross-pieces B B are secured tothe side pieces B and the boards E the piece 13 extending beyond theside pieces. The piece B extends also slightly beyond the sides B, butis secured directly only to the boards At its lower end this gate-frameis pivoted to the wagon-bed at C. Near the ends of the Figs. 4 and 5-cross-piece B are secured metal strips D,

formed with an offset, the shoulder produced the side members adjacentthe strips D -and are adapted to be bent down and rest on the offset.

To hold the gate in position, I provide a metal member E, bent in theform of a rectangular frame, one of the sides being bent back uponitself at E to form a locking-loop and adapted to be engaged by theturn-button A The member E passes through the lugs on the brackets A andthence through apertures produced in the cross-piece B and to avoid wearon same the apertures are surrounded by metal rings E which slide on thebar E as the gate is raised and lowered.

In Fig. 4 I have shown amodification of the member E, in which it iscomposed of two U- shaped members E -E having interlocking eyes E andthe locking-loop at-E".

The operation ofmy device will be readily understood. When raised intoaverticalposition and the button A turned'down over the loop E and thebutton D is turned over the upper end on the strip D, the gate issecurely held in position to close the end of the wagonbody. To unload,it isnot necessary to let down the entire gate, for by turningthe buttonD u the lower half of the end-gate can be lifted, as clearly shownin'Fig. 2. Any convenient means of securing this swinging section in araised position may be employed. When loading, or when for any otherreason it is desired to have the entire gate down, the

button A is turned up, the member E can then belifted from it, andthe-entire end piece swung into the position shown in Fig. 3. 1 It isalso obvious that while in this position the lower section can also beunfastened and swungdown. I

The advantage of my end-gate in loading grain will be evident, for withthe gate in the position shown in Fig. 3 it forms a rearward extensionof the wagon, and the wagon can be backed so as to bring this extensionover the grain-bin, and when grain is thrown into the wagon from therear the gate will prevent any of it from rolling from the rear of thewagon to the ground. It will also be noted that no cleats or slots areprovided for the parts to slide in, and which would, if such were used,be continually filling up with grain and require cleaning out in orderto permit the gate to be operated. My gate can be placed in its closedposition, as shown in Fig. 1, with the wagon loaded as readily as withit emptied.

It is obvious that a number of slight modifications and changes can bemade in the construction of my device without departing from the spiritof my invention. For example, a holding-plate 0, having two verticalsides (3 at right angles to each other, may be secured by a suitablebolt to the body of the wagon and be adapted to receive the lower rearedge of the side pieces B, as shown in Fig. l.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An end-gate comprising standards pivoted at their lower ends to thebody of the wagon, cross-pieces connecting the standards, one of saidcross-pieces being perforated adperforated lugs secured to thewagon-body below the brackets, and metal frames having one member passedthrough the lugs of the brackets and the apertures of the cross-pieces,and having their other member bent to form a locking-loop adapted forengagement with the turn-buttons substantially as specified.

HUGH BOYD.

lVitnesses:

G. A. WOLF, \V. T. IIARNED.

